When a teacher becomes a small business owner, something special happens. The business that is born and the products created are all imbued with the quality that can only come from meticulous attention to detail. From the beginning of the supply chain to your pantry shelf, Capital Chips is committed to quality and it shows.
Hand-Crafted in Virginia
As a business owner, wife, and mother, I’m committed to producing a high quality product and customer experience while finding balance within my life and that of my small team. We work hard and are committed to maintaining the standards you’ve come to expect, even if it means staying small for a while.
-Jen
Humble Beginnings. Humble Continues…
Capital Chips is a business that was born out of my desire to have a job that would allow me to put my children on the bus every morning. As an educator teaching in a neighboring county, by the time my children were school age, I was leaving the house before they would even wake in the morning. I didn’t get to make them breakfast or put them on the bus. These are small things perhaps, but I didn’t want to miss them. I’d been making these chips for years; having once worked as a waitress in a Mexican restaurant called Cielito Lindo (closed, but reopened as the Little Nickel). Once I married years later, I began making my own chips to take to staff meetings and functions with friends and family. Everywhere I took them, people would rave about how good they were. I knew I had a hit, but I just enjoyed making people happy with food. In 2016 when Steam Bell Beer Works opened near our house, my husband and I stopped by after our anniversary dinner. I noticed they were serving craft beer with craft salsa and factory made chips. The next day I brought them some of my craft chips and they raved over them. They asked me “how many in a case, how much per unit?…” all questions I had no answers for and that’s when I realized I could turn this into a business. That same month I created my LLC and by the following July of 2017 I had resigned my teaching position and received my VDACS approval (Virginia Department of Agriculture) in order to begin my business full time. I am grateful that my business has grown to the level of replacing my teaching salary and now expand to a larger kitchen space. I am blessed to be able to make people happy through delicious chips, manage a small business committed to giving back to the community, and most importantly; help my two daughters begin their day with my loving care.
-Jennifer Davidson Owner/Operator Capital Chips, LLC
“I don't know what sort of witchcraft is involved in making something as simple as tortilla chips taste so incredible, but please don't ever stop! A friend gave me a few of these to try, and I immediately went out and bought 2 bags. Amazing!!!”
